it began as a call for some sort of disturbance. when police pulled up to a silver spring motel, they found a man clinging to life. how police are piecing together clues in what's now a homicide investigation. a disturbing discovery near a smithsonian museum after a noose was found. >> we're cruising through a busy memorial day weekend. rolling thunder about to roll into town. storm team 4 tracking possible rumbles in the sky. tom will help time out the lane that you' -- rain that you'll see. this is out of brook haven mississippi whereol

a shooting. we know a sheriff's deputy is among those killed by a gunman. at this point, officers do have a suspect in custody. we want to show you a look at the scene coming in from a facebook live video moments ago from our nbc affiliate wblt in jackson. investigators say the shootings happened at three separate homes last night. police say charges have not yet been filed, and they're still working to figure out why this all happened and what motivated it. it's a story that we're going to continue to update if not on air through our nbc washington app. busy sunday morning. >> that's a small town just south of jackson to put it on the map for you. something we'll be following closely. >> we welcome you in on this sunday morning, memorial day weekend. the 28th of may. >> talking about the weather, we started off with a little bit of fog in some parts this morning. some haze. it looks like the

clearing. >> the fog is all gone now. good morning. starting off on this sunday morning now as we approach late morning we have temperatures beginning to jump as the clouds have been coming and going. we still have now a mostly cloudy sky over the metro area. temperature right now 71 at reagan national. near 70 around the bay. 60s further north and west. storm team 4 radar showing one shower here rolling along the east side of the blueridge cone front royal shortly. that pay pass into western loudoun in another half hour or so. we're dry on this sunday morning. this other shower tracked across the panhandle of west virginia pulling up into pennsylvania. if you have plans on getting out and getting exercise today, noontime temperatures will be into the low 70s to mid 70s. near 80 mid afternoon. upper 70s by 6:00 p.m. by then, might have a few scattered showers and thundershowers around. new timing in just a few minutes. >> thank you, tom. we continue to follow this developing story out

springs. montgomery county police continue to investigate a homicide. at this days inn motel. police say a 24-year-old man died at the hospital after being assaulted by multiple people in the motel's parking lot. this happened during the busy travel holiday weekend. police say they got the call around 2:30 this morning. the motel is located on 13th street a block from georgia avenue. crimesolvers is offing an award up to $10,000 for information that leads to an arrest. let's give folks a live look now near the pentagon where rolling thunder is forming. take a look at that crowd building there. thousands of rolling thunder motorcyclists will rumble through the heart of d.c. today. their route may affect some of your sunday travel plans. we go live near thunder alley for details on the route and the mission. good morning. >> reporter: good morning again.

the weather forecast can count on this time of year every year there's going to be thunder. this is the rolling kind. we're at 23rd and constitution where one of the places where these groups gather. and this has been a mainstay for three decades. now, take a look. this is a map of the route. if you're coming down here, you might want to be aware of the closures in place for a good part of the afternoon. there's plenty of ways to get down here and observe this if you are indeed looking for it. this has been going on for the past 30 years. and it was when it started and still is a demonstration. it's always about the cause. the p.o.w. and m.i.a.s and pate rati -- unaccounted remains of u.s. abroad. there's legislation to get foreign governments to help with the research and return of those remains. that's what's

they hope that lawmakers will indeed listen and move on that legislation. as important as that is, this is also a thing that people get to every year. the reunion. for this one family that we talked to, it's indeed a family affa affair. take a listen. >> my dad is actually on the wall. i make it a point to come here every year. he was actually killed in vietnam. this is my way of giving him respect. >> what made me decide to get my own bike. i didn't want to be a passenger anymore. >> it's awesome. it's a wonderful feeling. good cause. >> everybody is looking down smiling, i hope. >> reporter: and, you know, the good thing about this is comradery that you see here. in this town we're well in politics. people come from different political backgrounds but here everyone is here for a certain cause, and that brings people together. whenever you can do that in this town, that's a good thing. this

pentagon. so good thing to come down if you ride or even if you don't. we're live downtown, rolling thunder, derrick ward, news4 back to you. >> we'll continue on this subject right now and show you a few from port washington, maryland, this morning. rolling thunder riders making their way to the pentagon in masses. rider after rider there. >> and we want to remind you that pbs will broadcast its star studded national memorial day concert live from the national mall tonight. ♪ >> like most big productions, there was a dress rehearsal last night giving us an inside look of what's to come. the concert features entertainers singing patriotic music and songs and actors telling some emotional stories of losses

whose father died in combat when she was a child. one couple we spoke with is visiting the area from new zealand and they were touched by the performances. >> i loved it. i really loved the stories. >> very moving. the way in which you honor those that sacrificed their lives for you and for us really. >> the pbs production is in its 28th year. it starts at 8:00 tonight. and not far from where tonight's concert will happen, police now trying to figure out who hung a noose in a tree. according to park police, the smithsonian police officer found it friday night on the grounds near the museum. officials don't know how long it was there. but d.c. mayor reacting on twitter writing "it is an unfortunate irony that a sign of intimidation and ignorance would be plays eplaced on our nationa where a

life come to learn more about who we are, celebrate our diversity and leave inspired to improve their lives, communities and country." >> that happened in the district. let's go to alexandria where there was another disturbing find that has residents there sending a message that hate will not be tolerated in their community. let's show you what was put up. these flyers. these apparently were covered with discriminatory messages. we had to blur some of them because the words were hurtful. a resident took these pictures of those flyers and sent them to us and then tore the flyers down. images are being circulated on social media to bring awareness to what's going on. the city is condemning the flyers and whoever put them up. 9:08 is your time. maybe if you want outdoors this weekend, tom is tracking when the showers will move on in. ♪

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>> we've already seen several tweets from him this morning. as he returns to d.c., the russian investigation is still hanging over his administration. let's talk about it a little bit more. we have "meet the press" moderator chuck todd joining us this morning. let's look at this trip first. it was a nine-day trip including parts of the middle east, europe in there. what stands out to you as you dissect this? >> it's a tale of two trips, i think. the first part of the trip was well planned. well orchestrated. we'll know -- it will take time to figure out if the things they're putting into place will actually deliver some results whether it's putting together a more durable coalition to deal with isis or jump-starting the middle east peace process. they had a plan, an idea and a strategy and then the president landed in europe. i would say you have to look at the european portion of it through two lenses. through the international diplomacy lens it was borderline

united states over here and european allies somewhere else on a number of issues. and there's a lot of grumbling that here he is telling middle east leaders we're not here to lecture but goes to europe and ele lectures allies. and talking tough to european allies isn't bad politics particularly for a republican politician is the other side. i think there -- we'll see if there's any long-term negative impact on intelligence sharing, things like that that come with more frayed personal relations between this president and leaders of other countries. and then at that point it could become a political problem for him. i think you do have to be careful when noting, you know, yes internationally it was a rough trip in europe, but maybe that doesn't -- that isn't so bad for him politically. >> one story line that won't go a way is the

we know the shift focused to the president's son-in-law jared kushner. how troubling are these allegations? >> they're extraordinary troubling. the fact that these are previously undisclosed. looks like they were making this effort to conceal their meetings and it's been sort of yanked out of them that these different meetings with russian officials have taken place. i think before the president left, it seemed as if the russian investigation was at least at a minimum might get kpa compartmentalized. they got rid of flynn. jared kushner being involved brings it back into the white house. and that's what makes -- especially him. here he is essentially the president's closest personal adviser. some even say he's de facto chief of staff. if he is now having to lawyer up, he's got to worry about maybe even testifying on capitol hill or he says he's going to cooperate with an investigation, that doesn't mean he's going to testify, but

away from everything that he was basically leading and in charge of. i think it just takes an already messy organizational structure in the white house and makes it messier. >> you have a lot then to bring into "meet the press" today. >> it's a busy one. contentious one. interesting one. i promise you that. >> that's a nice tease. 12 minutes -- a little under 12 minutes now. "meet the press" starting here at 10:30 on nbc. chuck todd, thank you very much. right after "meet the press," stick around. watch the democratic candidates for governor in virginia face-off in one last forum. it will air at 11:30 this morning here on nbc 4. if you want to learn about what the candidates will do if elected, head over to nbc washington app. search virginia governor. on the democratic side and then

you see there. corey stewart, ed gillespie and frank wagner. >> time for a check on our weather. for now, we're okay. >> looking good for daylight hours. as you get your motor running on this sunday morning, temperatures are pleasant now. we're climbi ining into the 70s. cloudiness. storm team 4 tower cam looking to the west and north showing just a few clouds coming through right now. a little sunshine in and out. that's going to be the story here the rest of the day. there's one lonely shower rolling up the east side of the bluerid blueridge. it may hold together and get into western loudoun over the next hour or so. there are other showers in southern virginia. those may make their way into the northern neck. maybe clipping southern maryland here. another five or six hours or so and maybe at the beaches after that. general trends will be drying out here. here's hour by hour timi

region. these areas in color are some showers and some storms that move into western maryland by 5:00 p.m. maybe a few lighter showers to our south. most of them are going to be out in the mountains. later in the evening around 9:00 to 10:00 p.m., scattered thunderstorms, maryland, virginia, coming out of west virginia rolling right through the metro area between around 9:00 p.m. to midnight. after that things settle down and during the day on monday for memorial day temperatures should be up near upper 80s and feeling like summertime. right now near 70 degrees. reagan national is at 71. and play ball. nats park. first pitch is 1:35. by then we'll be in the mid 70s. near 80s through the rest of the game under a partly sunny sky so great afternoon for baseball at nats park and memorial concert cloudy and mild. showers should hold off. mid 70s. they come in right after that. for memorial day,

tomorrow. the 70s near 80 noontime and then feeling like summertime by mid to late afternoon tomorrow. partly cloudy and in upper 80s. back to work and school on tuesday. mid 80s. near 80 wednesday and thursday and staying dry through friday and next weekend could get some storms. cool after that into the first full week of june. we're back aft this.er

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this memorial day weekend. you can see hundreds of flags lining the park there. each flag honor aring someoing . a flag is dedicated to not only a military service member but also someone who has been a hero in their life, someone maybe a teacher, a coach or even a family member. pretty special. this memorial day weekend you may see folks wearing these red flower pins. the pins are symbolic way to remember our fallen soldiers. >> many of them were made by volunteers at the american religi legion in fairfax. we are introduced to the people behind this very special symbol. >> reporter: volunteers taking time out of their day. >> we put pins through them. >> reporter: honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice. while everyone else is out there enjoying and celebra

holiday, it's a time to remind them what's really being done on that holiday. >> this is a good idea. >> reporter: meaning of these pins stemming from a world war i poem of soldiers. >> the poppy is in defense of our constitution. >> it's our responsibility and honor and pleasure to keep the story of the poppy alive. >> reporter: the volunteers here are making 1,000 of these pins and they say each one has its own unique story. >> there's not a day that goes by that i don't think of my friends in iraq and afghanistan that died in the last 16 years since 9/11. >> they sacrificed for us so that we could have a free country and we could live here and do these types of things. >> think about our people. remember our people. thank our people. >> reporter: hundreds of small pins. >> these are sure a challenge. >> reporter: one big gesture.

>> time on this sunday morning 10:25. four things to know before you head out. we'll start in montgomery county. police there investigating a homicide at the days inn motel on 13th street in silver springs. a 24-year-old man was assaulted by multiple people in the parking lot. it happened around 2:30 this morning. a noose was found in a tree on the grounds here the hih hihshhorn museum. police will assist the smithsonian with whatever help they need. thousands of bikers will have the rolling thunder today. there will be traffic problems with this. specifically along the memorial day -- memorial bridge. shut down until 3:00 this afternoon. be advised about that. pbs will broadcast the

studded national memorial day concert live from the national mall. it starts at 8:00 tonight. pbs production is in its 28th year. >> got a lot going on outside. we've got the bikers out there and rain will hold off you think. >> it looks like it will hold off until after the concert is over. until after 9:00 or 10:00 this evening. thundershowers coming through but ending before dawn on memorial day and tomorrow feeling like summertime. hot afternoon upper 80s and partly cloudy and pretty much a dry week coming up. >> we do hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend. that will do it for "news4 today."

this sunday, the growing russia investigation. new reports that president trump's son-in-law, jared kushner, tried to set up back channel communications with russia to avoid u.s. monitoring. the reaction, former deputy cia chief john mclaughlin. >> if an american intellince officer had done anything like this, we would consider it espionage. >> the trump administration responds, but not in front of cameras. >> we're not going to comment on jared. we're just not going to comment. >> this after former cia chief john brennan testifies that russia can lure people unwittingly into treason. >> people who go along on a treasonous path do not even realize they're on that path until it gets to be a bit too late.